John Norris may sport a really fake-looking wig, but his interest in Zach Condon, a "young musical savant," seems real, especially when he bubbles over "horns, glorious horns" (Hair?) later intoning "Zach is back!," giving the last year's Band To... CONTINUE READING MTV NEWS ON BEIRUT AND LA BLOGOTHèQUE»
Posted on October 17, 2007 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Arturo O'Farrill | Beirut | Yeasayer
Mama always said, In indie rock, as in life, it's all about having good Friends, and nobody in the game seems BFFer than Beirut + Grizzly Bear these days. A few weeks ago we got to hear Ambassador Condon's contribution... CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE BEIRUT (FEAT. ED DROSTE) VIDEO - "CLIQUOT"»
Posted on September 27, 2007 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Grizzly Bear
Everybody's always looking for "the new" whatever, and nobody's better at those speculative shenanigans than New York hipsters and trend-reporting journalists. So, just in time for Bowery Presents' move into the 'hood, the "Williamsburg Is Over" cries are louder than... CONTINUE READING GREENPOINT'S THE NEW WILLIAMSBURG, AND BEIRUT'S ITS NEW SPOKESMAN»
Posted on September 21, 2007 (26 comments)
Tags: Beirut
Folks rolled up their sleeves 'n' split into camps for Feist's made-for Late Night choir. OK, maybe those outfits were a bit much, but it's gonna be difficult griping about this bouyant remake of "Alligator" from Grizzly Bear's quiet-is-the-new-loud 2004... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR (FEAT. DIRTY PROJECTORS & BEIRUT) - "ALLIGATOR (CHOIR VERSION)" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on September 12, 2007 in Album Art, Tour Dates (20 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear
Zach Condon's taking over La Blogothèque! Our favorite Jacques Brel-lovin' 21-year-old already put the Take Away spin on "Sunday Smile," "Siki, Siki Baba," "Nantes," and "The Penalty," but in a new installment of the series, Condon and his merry Orkestar,... CONTINUE READING BERIUT TAKES THE FLYING CLUB CUP TO THE STREET»
Posted on September 12, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Zach Condon
Young master Condon's second full length sees release this October, although it's so good we already prematurely evaluated all over our keyboard, singling out first single "A Sunday Smile" for its "elegantly stringed carnival pump and lilt." Truly a tune... CONTINUE READING NEW BEIRUT - "A SUNDAY SMILE"»
Posted on August 31, 2007 in MP3 (5 comments)
Tags: Beirut
CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: BEIRUT - THE FLYING CLUB CUP»
Posted on August 29, 2007 in Premature Evaluation (18 comments)
Tags: Beirut
After taking care of that bout of exhaustion set in from too-much-too-fast, blogosphere crown prince Zach Condon has admirably kept his name in your bloglines with well-timed and excellent EPs; videos with rampant, mustachioed debauchery; Grizzly Bear covers; and collabs... CONTINUE READING NEW BEIRUT TRACKS FROM THE FLYING CLUB CUP»
Posted on June 29, 2007 in MP3 (13 comments)
Tags: Beirut
A note of warning before you watch this clip: While the footage you are about to see is indeed brought to you by the folks behind the ever-awesome La Blogothèque, it is NOT an official "Take Away Show" (Beirut's proper... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT COVER GRIZZLY BEAR»
Posted on June 18, 2007 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Grizzly Bear
For their second LP, out next week, Dismemberment devotees Get Him Eat Him ratchet up expectations with fancy guests (Beirut's Zach Condon, the Wrens' Charles Bissell, Broken Social Scene's Chris Brown) and embrace their pedal-pushing idols by enlisting D Plan... CONTINUE READING NEW GET HIM EAT HIM - "PUSH AND PULL"»
Posted on May 30, 2007 in MP3 (4 comments)
Tags: American Idol | Beirut | Get Him Eat Him | Lykke Li | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Those lucky enough to choose the first date of Zach Condon's sold-out three-night run at Bowery Ballroom Sunday evening got an eye full of horns and more for an encore. After a night opened by Final Fantasy, Beirut fended off... CONTINUE READING THE BEIRUT FIRE FANTASY PERFORM "GULAG ORKESTAR" @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 5/6/07»
Posted on May 8, 2007 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Beirut | Ben Gibbard | Final Fantasy | Japanese Motors
Beirut should win honors with this vid for 'best depiction of mustachioed debauchery set to a ukulele-accordion waltz.' The clip's preview pics had us expecting some fancy threads, S&M poses, and ticker-tape confetti, but the ensemble's dance moves (save Zach)... CONTINUE READING NEW BEIRUT VIDEO - "ELEPHANT GUN"»
Posted on April 27, 2007 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Beirut
Some stills from upcoming vids for ya. Next up for the Shins after their history-depicting school play clip for "Phantom Limb" is "Australia," and Subterranean posted a pic that to has the Sub Poppers in lovely shade of prisoner orange... CONTINUE READING THE SHINS, BEIRUT SHOW OFF FRESH NEW LOOKS»
Posted on March 29, 2007 (3 comments)
Tags: Beirut | The Shins
Sometimes we have Gilmore Girls nights. Especially when we're asked (forced) to. And though Gilmore always throws in indie references, this exchange seemed a little over the top (starting with pregnant Lane's Eddie Argos love). Watch it here, sorta halfway... CONTINUE READING GILMORE GIRLS INDIE TALK OVERLOAD»
Posted on January 25, 2007 (26 comments)
Tags: Art Brut | Beirut | Gilmore Girls | Panda Bear
We were really amused by Pitchfork's list for the year's Worst Album Covers; great picks, pithy quips! Apparently they Forkers are just as awed by Gangsta Rap as we were, but they were more observant than us. Here are a... CONTINUE READING THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE ICE-T»
Posted on December 15, 2006 (19 comments)
Tags: Asobi Seksu | Beirut | Ice-T | Rod Stewart
In which Zach Condon is forced, again, to talk about the blogosphere.Pitchfork: How did you become aware that people were listening to your CD? Zach Condon: Almost entirely through Ben [Goldberg of BaDaBing Records]. He would just send me e-mails.... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT ON BLOGS»
Posted on August 21, 2006 (10 comments)
Tags: Beirut
NY Press talks to music blogosphere sensation Zach Condon.Before the indie rock blogosphere creamed itself for Zach Condon and his lil' Balkan experiment, Beirut, the 19-year-old Brooklynite wasn't aware of daily-destination-mp3-depots ... "I was never much of a computer or... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT DOESN'T READ BLOGS»
Posted on June 14, 2006 (2 comments)
Tags: Beirut
Last Monday night's Rubdown was just amazing. So pleasurable, in fact, that plans were cancelled, lives rearranged and admission secured for Wednesday night's repeat. Two nights and four sets of Spencer Krug later, we're left with the unalienable truth that... CONTINUE READING SUNSET RUBDOWN/FROG EYES @ MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC 5/22/06 & 5/24/06»
Posted on May 30, 2006 in Concert (13 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Frog Eyes | Sunset Rubdown | Wolf Parade
"It's our first show in New York, and the band is mostly new, so we we're trying to keep it a bit low key and see how it goes," Zach wrote to us a few weeks back. Then came the... CONTINUE READING BEIRUT @ KNITTING FACTORY, NYC 5/10/06»
Posted on May 11, 2006 in Concert (24 comments)
Tags: Beirut
And now that the MP3 blogs have done Tapes 'n' Tapes a solid, we collectively turn our attention to Zach Condon's Beirut. GVB and Catbirdseat first alerted us to the project of this Albuquerque-bred 19-year-old, now up to his elbo.ws... CONTINUE READING BAND TO WATCH: BEIRUT»
Posted on April 27, 2006 (54 comments)
Tags: Beirut
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Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown (»)
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